Object Details
- Artist
- Avi Farin, born 22 Jun 1943
- Sitter
- Dizzy Gillespie, 21 Oct 1917 - 6 Jan 1993
- Exhibition Label
- Born Cheraw, South Carolina
- The jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Dizzy Gillespie first gained fame in the early 1940s, and he remained a dynamic presence on the American music scene for the next five decades. Gillespie got his start playing with big bands, such as those led by Cab Calloway and Billy Eckstine. His innovative solos were not universally appreciated, but they heralded future experiments in rhythm and composition.
- At Harlem jazz clubs, Gillespie began exploring a new form of musical expression with other young musicians, such as saxophonist Charlie Parker and pianist Thelonious Monk. Out of their freewheeling jam sessions came the infectious energy of bebop, with Gillespie as one of its pioneers and eventually its elder statesman. By the time this poster was made to advertise a performance by Gillespie at New York’s Village Gate nightclub, he was considered “the world’s greatest trumpet [player] in or out of jazz.”
- Nacido en Cheraw, Carolina del Sur
- El compositor, director y trompetista de jazz Dizzy Gillespie se hizo famoso en la década de 1940 y fue una presencia dinámica en la escena musical estadounidense durante las cinco décadas siguientes. Gillespie se inició con big bands como las de Cab Calloway y Billy Eckstine. Sus innovadores solos no fueron apreciados por todos, pero preludiaron futuros experimentos de ritmo y composición.
- En los clubes de jazz de Harlem, Gillespie comenzó a explorar una nueva forma de expresión musical con otros músicos jóvenes como el saxofonista Charlie Parker y el pianista Thelonious Monk. De sus creativas “jam sessions” surgió la energía contagiosa del bebop, siendo Gillespie uno de sus pioneros y luego su decano. Cuando se creó este cartel para anunciar una presentación de Gillespie en el club Village Gate de Nueva York, ya se le consideraba “el más grande trompetista del mundo, dentro y fuera del jazz”.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Jack Rennert
- 1979
- Object number
- NPG.2007.167
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © 1979 Avi Farin, A Contemporary Poster Classic
- Type
- Medium
- Color photolithograph with halftone
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 95.7 × 61.1 cm (37 11/16 × 24 1/16")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Music\Musical instrument\Trumpet
- Poster
- Dizzy Gillespie: Male
- Dizzy Gillespie: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Jazz musician
- Dizzy Gillespie: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician\Horn player\Trumpeter
- Dizzy Gillespie: Performing arts awards\Grammy
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2007.167
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm428a63eb6-2fa2-4add-95bb-dba8e031404f
